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IMF mission gives upbeat assessment of Ukraine
[KIEV] The head of an International Monetary Fund team visiting Ukraine gave a positive assessment of progress by Kiev on reform on Sunday and said there would be further discussion on loans that the near-bankrupt country badly needs. …read more Source: The Business...
IMF lowers Ukraine’s 2015 growth projection to minus 9%
WASHINGTON – The IMF said Sunday it has lowered its growth forecast for Ukraine’s war battered economy to minus nine percent, due in large part to “the unresolved conflict in the East.” …read more Source: Bangkok...
Deepika Kumari wins bronze in Archery World Cup
Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumari outclassed Chang Hye Jin of Korea in straight sets to clinch the bronze medal in the women’s individual recurve event of the World Cup, in Antalya on Sunday. Seeded ninth in the event, Deepika came out all guns blazing to deflate her second-seeded opponent 6 (26, 29, 26, 28)- 2 (25, 26, 28, 27) to come up...
Russia bars 89 EU citizens
STOCKHOLM: European politicians who discovered they were on a previously confidential Russian travel blacklist said Saturday they were proud of being included, as EU governments led by Germany criticised the entry bans. The 89-strong list, formerly undisclosed but revealed to European diplomats on Thursday, includes past and serving...
Ivanovic, history-maker Svitolina into French Open last eight
PARIS – Ana Ivanovic made the French Open quarter-finals for the first time since her 2008 title run Sunday where she’ll face Elina Svitolina, the first Ukrainian to make the last eight. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia bans 89 EU officials from entering country over sanctions
Russia has imposed an entry ban on 89 European politicians and military leaders, a move that has angered Europe and worsened its standoff with the West over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Save refugees from the World of Disorder
Singaporeans’ favourite national song by far is a tuneful tribute called “Home”. Penned by Dick Lee and first sung by Kit Chan, it describes a place where people build their dreams together.The song is emblematic of Singapore not just for what it says but also for what it does not say but assumes – that the place one calls...
S Korean violinist, 20, wins Queen Elisabeth competition
BRUSSELS – Twenty-year-old South Korean violinist Ji Young Lim has won Belgium’s prestigious Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition.Ji’s interpretation of Brahms’s violin concerto in D major landed her the top prize of 25,000 euros (S$36,750) and a four-year loan of a 1708 Stradivarius from the Nippon Music...
US envoy John Kerry flown to Swiss hospital after bike crash
FILE – In this March 18, 2015 file picture, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry rides his bicycle along the shore of Lake Geneva after holding meetings with Iran’s Foreign Minister in Lausanne, Switzerland. (Source: AP) US Secretary of State John Kerry had a bike crash Sunday outside of Geneva and was flown by helicopter to a Swiss hospital...
Ukraine names Georgia's Saakashvili as governor of Black Sea hotspot
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko has appointed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to be governor of Ukraine’s southern Odessa region, in a surprise move that is certain to raise hackles in Moscow. …read more Source: The...
